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...if you've ever emailed or ICQed your roommate.

...if you know more people online than in person.

... if you feel naked without a keyboard.

...if you carry a voltmeter with you.

...if you get excited when someone mentions vectors.

...if you know more than one programming language.

...if you can carry on conversations in C++.

...if you talk to your computer and it doesn't seem to be listening.

...if you can convert English into binary, hexadecimal, and octal.

...if you've taken apart your alarm clock and reprogrammed it to read in Klingon.

...if you make friends by fixing people's computers.

...if you consistently stay after class to talk to the professor because you
find him/her incredibly interesting.

...if you have a drawer full of spare hard drives.

...if you print out your math homework on your computer.

...if you calculate the time dilation between you and the earth on a transcontinental flight.

...if you wear a necktie because it's stylish and "chicks dig it."

...if you're not quite sure what a chick is.

...if you go to a school with the words "Institute of Technology" in the name.

...if your SAT score was higher than your total income for that year.

...if you know pi to more than 4 significant digits.

...if you know your IQ to more than 2 significant digits.

...if you know what significant digits are.

...if you can convert any quantity from mks to cgs in your head.

...if you understood that last indicator.

...if you've read more books than your local librarian.

...if the majority of your personal library consists of Arthur C. Clarke,
Isaac Asimov, and Newton.

OMG - I can say yes to 11 of these.
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Originally posted by Basement Cat:
...if you calculate the time dilation between you and the earth on a transcontinental flight.


End up about 40 nanoseconds per half hour, ackshully.

Did you know that a retired airline captain is, on average, about 1/100,000ths of a second younger than his twin that never flew?

True story.

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